وغديرٍ رقَّتْ حواشيه حتى

وغديرٍ رقَّتْ حواشيه حتى

بان في قاعه الذي كان ساخا

بان في قاعه الذي كان ساخا

And a pool whose edges grew so clear

A pool whose edges have become softened

that what had sunk became visible on its bed;

Revealing at its depths what was hidden

فكأنَّ الحَمَامَ إذ وَرَدَتْهُ

فكأنَّ الحَمَامَ إذ وَرَدَتْهُ

من صَفَا مائه تَزُقُّ فِرَاخَا

من صَفَا مائه تَزُقُّ فِرَاخَا

so it was as though the doves, when they came to drink from it,

As though doves alighting to drink

with its water so clear, were feeding chicks beak to beak.

Pluck and tear its chicks from the surface